Dirah
Academy is pleased to be at the ‘leading
edge’ of providing distance-learning courses and certification in Vedic
Astrology.
Our courses are unique in that each course:

Allows
you to work on your own chart, providing
a tool for Self-Realisation

Uses
one-to-one tuition with an
experienced, practising astrologer

Uses
email support with prompt feedback on
assignments

If
you do not understand something you can ask questions directly to the
supervisor. The supervisor responds promptly. You will not be referred
to other students or whatever. Therefore the supervisor is not simply a
judge of your assignments, but helps you with understanding the
lessons.

Is flexible-learning,
in that you can study where and when you want to, and take as long as
you like to complete. You can enrol at any time, take a break, start
again, and send in assignments as and when you please

Provides
excellent value-for-money (each course
is just English Pound 250).

And this
is what Richard Houck,
author of The Astrology of Death and Digital Astrology
says about the
course:

"I often have people ask me
about where they can learn basic Vedic astrology from a person rather
than a book. The Dirah Academy offers a personalized 14-lesson
correspondence course that is
probably the best combination of simplicity, clarity, practicality,
usefulness and cost
value on the world market today. How can you beat having fun with your own chart while
learning Vedic astrology?"

Learn how to apply the
Indian system of predictive astrology and foresee your own future.

Learn about the
relationship between the Vedic horoscope and ayurveda (Indian natural
healing), which will enable you to use ayurveda in juxtaposition to
astrology.

Vedic astrology is a form of
astrology that is 5OOO years old.
Increasing numbers of Western astrologers are discovering the value of
Vedic astrology. In
the Western world interest for Vedic astrology is steadily growing.

Contents
of the course: The course
includes among other things, the interpretation of a Vedic horoscope,
the role of harmonic
horoscopes, the Indian system of predictive astrology (dasas), yogas in
the horoscope,
Vedic methods of treatment (choosing the (semi-) precious stone, colour
and mantra), the
relationship to ayurveda (how to determine the ayurvedic physical type
from the
horoscope).These subjects are treated in fourteen extensive lessons.

Applied
Indian Astrology: This course
will enable you to understand Vedic astrology and what you can achieve
with it. In the
course, the accent is placed on the practical application of Indian
astrology, hence the
special attention to Vedic treatment methods and ayurveda.

The material in the
course is clearly laid out.

The language used is
simple and easy to understand.

Every lesson contains
assignments which will show the relationship between your own horoscope
and the contents of the lesson.

Work procedure: The
assignments are to be returned either per post or email. Should you use
email, you will receive an immediate reply containing the corrected
assignments plus helpful remarks on your work.

Personal support from the
course supervisor: Should you have any questions regarding the subject
matter, send an email and you will receive a prompt reply.

Course results: Once you
have finished the course you will be able to interpret a Vedic
horoscope, apply Vedic predictive astrology and make the correct choice
of Vedic treatment methods and ayurveda (deciding the physical type).

The course includes: The course
material, your personal Vedic horoscope print-out and written
corrections and guidance during the length of the course.

Admission: to have some
basic knowledge of (Western) astrology can be helpful. If you do not
have basic knowledge of astrology you should do the primer
course first. This is a
small course for people who do not have knowledge of whatever form of
astrology. It give you the knowledge to be able to start the
course Applied Vedic Astrology. The fee for this
course is English Pound 40 (the course material of this small course
will be sent over the internet). Email Steve steve.hubball@btinternet.com for details about payment.

Fee: Two payments of English Pound 150 if
the course can be sent as a Word attachment over the internet and you use email to
send in your assignments. If you like the course material to be sent by
regular mail the
fee is two payments of English
Pound 175. The first payment to be made at the beginning
of the Course. The second payment to be made between the 5th. and the
6th. lesson.

If you pay the two terms
together the total cost is English
Pound 250 (course material sent over the internet) or English Pound 300
(regular mail). Therefore
you will receive a discount if you pay that way.

Steve is the UK and Eire
tutor for Dirah Academy International.
Steve has been studying Yoga and Vedic Sciences since 1985 and is a
professional Vedic
Astrologer and qualified and experienced counsellor and life coach. He
is a member of the
British Association for Vedic Astrology (BAVA), a Life Member of the
Council of Vedic
Astrology (CVA), a CVA Jyotish Kovid teacher and a member of The
Astrological Association of Great Britain (AAGB).
Steve has published several articles and run many workshops in Vedic
Astrology and
Ayurveda, and was a guestspeaker at the recent 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and
10th International
BAVA Conferences in London (2002 - 2008) and the 1st International
Conference of the
German Vedic Astrology Association.
He holds an MSc in Applied Statistics and a PhD in Genetics and is
currently undertaking
research in various fields of Vedic Astrology. He is also a qualified
Yoga Teacher and has
practised yoga and meditation for over 25 years.

which should include your name, your full address, your telephone number

and

your birth data (date
of birth, town of birth, state of birth, country of birth, time of
birth: please use 24 hours notation like 16.04).

You
will receive a confirmation email with details about payment The first
half of the course will be sent to you when the first term is received.

You
can also call Steve on 01228 674 225
in the UK (or 44-1228-674 225 international) or email steve.hubball@btinternet.comfor further
information.

Testimonials from Recent
Dirah Students

The
Dirah Courses are different from anything in the line of correspondence
courses I have
ever before encountered.I
think it is because
they engage you fully in the process of learning and mainly with your
own chart; you are
not just pupil and teacher, but more rather as partners in the
fascinating process of
learning Jyotish.Highly
recommended, with
excellent tutoring and guidance from Steve.

C.W.
(London,
UK)

Steve
is an excellent teacher; he is very knowledgeable, clear and precise
and is also very
encouraging and positive.I
have found these
qualities very important in studying such a vast and profound subject
as Jyotish.When I
started the course I did not know what to
expect but as I have progressed I have been more and more impressed by
the way that such
complex topics have been explained simply and clearly; not only this
but one learns how to
apply these concepts straight away in a practical manner.

B.G.S.
(Bath,
UK)

I
very much appreciate your deep and extremely helpful remarks and
judgements, which I will
need to re-read and meditate on many times.I
am finding your course immensely valuable and incisive.It is living with me a lot of the time.

G.B.
(Huddersfield, UK)

Many
thanks for your speedy response to my last assignment and the beautiful
certificates which
arrived today.

I’d
like to thank you for your help and support during the course, not
least your patience
when I’ve had a problem grasping something or merely misreading the
text!There’s a
stunning amount of information in
the courses and I know I’ll be dipping back into the course notes for
years to come.

This
is just to thank you for tutoring me through the four Vedic Astrology
courses.You’ve
been so patient ad encouraging and
I’ve really appreciated that.It’s
quite remarkable how much the courses cover – I keep going back to them
and finding
even more than I first realised.

10. PREDICTIVE ASTROLOGY: THE DASAS
10.1 INTERPRETING MAHA DASAS
10.2 THE ROLE OF THE BHUKTI DASAS AND THE ANTARA
DASA
10.3 THE TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING THE
DASAS
10.4 TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING BHUKTI DASAS AND ANTARA
DASAS
10.5 MATURING OF THE PLANETS
10.6 EXERCISE

12. METHODS OF TREATMENT USED BY THE INDIAN
ASTROLOGER
12.1 THE ROLE OF THE METHODS OF TREATMENT
USED
12.2 A SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS TREATMENTS.
12.3 WEARING PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS
STONES
12.4 COLOUR THERAPY
12.5 MANTRAS
12.6 EXERCISE

13. AYURVEDA: VEDIC HEALING
13.1 THE THREE DOSHAS
13.2 ASTROLOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THREE
DOSHAS
13.3 THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE DOSHA HARMONY AND ITS
TREATMENT
13.4 EXERCISE

14. THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT: INTERPRETING YOUR VEDIC
HOROSCOPE

ANNEXESANNEX 1: TOOLS FOR STUDYING
JYOTISH
1. FOR Foundation
2. FOR THE SOMEWHAT ADVANCED STUDENT
3. FOR THE ADVANCED STUDENT
4. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ANNEX 2: COURSE AGREEMENTS
ANNEX 3: HERE YOU WILL FIND A SCHEME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TERMS USED
IN THIS COURSE
ANNEX 4: ORDER A VEDIC HOROSCOPE OF PEOPLE YOU
KNOW
ANNEX 5: HINDU LUNAR ZODIAC CARDS
ANNEX 6: INDEX OF USED VEDIC ASTROLOGICAL
TERMS

AND OF COURSE YOU WILL FIND YOUR
PERSONAL VEDIC HOROSCOPE ADDED TO THE COURSE MATERIAL

1. Registration is confirmed
as soon as the completed application form is received.

2. Steve Hubball of Dirah Academy UK
and Eire is the course supervisor.

3. As soon as registration is
confirmed, the personal horoscope, binder and the first seven lessons
will be sent to the
student.

4. The course supervisor is obliged
to return the completed assignments within seven days after receiving
the assignments;
both corrected and furnished with comments. Exceptions to this rule are
situations beyond
the control of the supervisor, e.g. sickness, etc. and holidays. The
student will receive
notice when this occurs.

5. A good student-supervisor
relationship is essential. The supervisor will do everything he can to
guide the student
through the material. The student should always be polite. Rudeness
will not be tolerated.
If according to the supervisor rude behaviour takes place the student
will receive one
warning. If the student persists he will loose all rights.

6. The student has the right
to support by telephone or email.

7. a. Should the student not return
his assignments or in any way absent himself for a period of three
months, the student
will lose all his rights.
b. The student may ask for a temporary halt to his study for a maximum
period of four
months.

8. The student can write to the
course supervisor that he would like to stop the course. If he does so
before he sends in
the assignment for the fifth lesson, he has no further obligations.
Otherwise, the student
is obliged to pay the second term.

9. Paid terms will never be refunded.

10. Once the final assignment has
been assessed as satisfactory, the course supervisor is obliged to
issue the student with
the certificate of Applied Vedic Astrology. A second chance is
possible!

You
can also call Steve on in the UK
01228 674 225 (or 44-1228- 674 225 international) or email steve.hubball@btinternet.com
for
further information.

Newsletter:
Dirah Academy UK
has a regular newsletter containing interesting articles about Vedic
Astrology and news
about the Academy. If you want to subscribe to that newsletter please
send an email to steve.hubball@btinternet.com
with the
request to receive the newsletter containing your name, town and
country. The newsletter
will be send to you by email.